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eSTEeM Projects

eSTEeM is providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community. Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outputs. 

eSTEeM supports a rolling portfolio of approx. 80 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:

  • Access, Participation and Success
  • Innovative assessment
  • Online/onscreen STEM practice
  • Supporting students
  • Technologies for STEM learning

To learn more about our projects, please click on the project titles or use the search feature below by entering keywords. To search by the name of a project leader, please use the 'Filter by Project Leader' tab on the right-hand side of this page.

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    Can we reduce anxiety of students sitting remote exams? Sharing best practice between SPS and LHCS

  1. Gemma WarrinerFiona MoormanBecca Whitehead

    2. Our project was a cross school collaboration between the School of Physical Sciences (SPS) and the Life, Health and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) in response to reports of student anxiety and performance concerns.

    April 2022 to April 2024

    What is known about how to write online exams and how to prepare students for them?

  2. Martin Braun

    3. When the Covid pandemic affected education, universities around the globe had to move not only their content delivery online, but also their assessments.

    April 2022 to December 2022

    Evaluating STEM/FBL APP Virtual Internship Scheme

  3. Diane ButlerAndrew PotterCatherine ComfortKristen Reid

    4. Winner of the 7th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2024.

    April 2022 to December 2022

    Piloting Skills for Biologists sessions for biology students

  4. Janet HaresnapeRuth GilbertHeather FraserHanne BownDavid Ruiz

    5. This project aims to evaluate a planned programme of events which:

    June 2022 to February 2024

    Haptic thinking; identifying haptic tooling interventions for an online design course

  5. Lisa Bowers

    6. Highly Commended at the 1st eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2018 under the category – Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

    June 2015 to January 2018

    Building a sense of community in a core 2nd level Physics module (S217) and investigating qualitatively its effect on retention

  6. Anne-Katrin Klehe

    7. Retention on S217 (Physics: from classical to quantum) is a problem, with 30-40% of student withdrawing over the course of the module. Initial analysis of historic data (15J to 21J) shows that nearly half of the official withdrawals happen before Christmas (wk 10/11 of the module).

    November 2022 to October 2023

    Which factors are correlated with undergraduate engineering distance learning students’ expectations of ethical issues?

  7. Joanna Sessford

    8. Ethics is becoming an increasingly important part of engineering curriculum.  Engineers need to be able to recognise and make ethical decisions in their working life.  This is essential for a number of different reasons including to avoid potentially life taking disasters. 

    November 2022 to February 2024

    Improving retention through small interventions: The U101 postcard project

  8. Theodora PhilcoxElouise Huxor

    9. This project aims to improve student retention on U101, Design thinking. U101 is a gateway Level 1 design module and part of Q61 in Engineering and Innovation (E&I).

    November 2022 to January 2024

    How should formative assessments be assessed? A study of S217 online quizzes

  9. Jonathan NylkAndy Diament

    10. The aim of this project is to evaluate the level of student engagement with the online quizzes on S217 Physics: from Classical to Quantum, comparing the current model of assessment with a formative thresholded assessment model which has been shown to have a marked positive impact on stud

    November 2022 to August 2023

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